Words Added To My Custom Dictionary -or- Why I Hate Lotus Notes

LotusNotes blows. Seriously. A lot.

A list of words added to my email spellcheck dictionary:

• 38pitches (Curt Schilling's blog)
• 3PM
• 401K
• 5PM
• 6pm

• Adina (does this surprise anyone else?)
• apts
• Attaboy
  

• Bioshock (2007 game of the year!)
• blog
• blogging
• bookmarked
• btw
  

• craigslist
  

• Daisuke (ok, it's Japanese)
• Donny (really?)
• download ("download" isn't in the standard dictionary?)
• drat (my favorite four-letter word!)
• dvds
  

• Erin (this is ridiculous - suggested correction? "Ermine")
• ESPN
  

• Fermat (Einstein is in the standard dictionary)
• Fermat's
• fyi
  

• gmail
• gotta
  

• hiya
• Hurley (from Lost)
• hyperlink (hey, email dictionary, it's the Internet Age)
• hyperlinks (cripes)
  

• Ichiro
  

• Jackie
• Joey
  

• Matsuzaka
• Matsuzaka's (separate entries for proper nouns and their possessives?)
• max (wow. I'm almost certain "max" is a real word, like, everywhere)
• MBTA
• munchkins
  

• nor'easter
  

• Ok (I hate capitalizing both 'o' and 'k')
• ok (obv.)
• online (alright, screw you, dictionary)
• ONYE
• Ortiz
  

• Philly
• Pinkerton
• punkface (this is one of the few I find understandable)
  

• RBIs
• rebook
• rebooked
• rebooks (probably the word used most often in my emails)
• RSS
  

• screengrab (maybe not a real word)
• screenshot (come on. def. a real word)
• Sox

• TD ("trade date" - MSOutlook spellcheck opts out of words in all caps)
• timesheet
• Timmy (honestly?)
• tpb
• tv (but "TV" is ok. ridiculous)
• txt
  

• Verizon
  

• workflow
  

• Yep

Any surprises in your custom dictionary?

-t

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